
MR. BEAN’S MATERIALS – Exercises on Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
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EXERCISES ON REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISE 1: Rewrite these sentences in reported speech, using the words given. 1. “I haven’t got any money”. → He’ll tell you……………………………………………… 2. “I’ve seen the film before”. → She says……………………………………………………. 3. “I want to go home”. → She’s already told you………………………………… 4. “I haven’t seen my mother for years”. → He says……………………………………………………... 5. “We can’t come on Tuesday”. → They’ve told me…………………………………………. 6. “We haven’t had anything to eat”. → The children say………………………………………… 7. “I can’t stand classical music”. → She tells me……………………………………………….. 8. “I’ll come again”. → I’ve told them…………………………………………….. 9. “I need money to visit my parents”. → He’ll say…………………………………………………….. 10. “I don’t know how much it costs”. → She says…………………………………………………….. 11. “I don’t like going to parties”. → She’s told me……………………………………………… 12. “I’m not feeling very well”. → Simon says…………………………………………………. 13. “We’ve never been to Paris”. → They say…………………………………………………….. 14. “The plane will land in half an hour” → The pilot has just announced that…………………
EXERCISE 2: Change these statements into reported speech. 1. Sally said, “I don’t like chocolate”. → ………………………………………………….. 2. Mary said, “I am planning to take a trip”. → ………………………………………………….. 3. Tom said, “I have already eaten lunch”. → ………………………………………………….. 4. Kate said, “I called my doctor”. → ………………………………………………….. 5. Mr. Rice said, “I’m going to Chicago”. → ………………………………………………….. 6. Eric said, “I’ll come to the meeting”. → ………………………………………………….. 7. Jean said, “I can’t afford to buy a new car”. → ………………………………………………….. 8. Jessica said, “I may go to the library”. → ………………………………………………….. 9. Ted said, “I have to finish my work”. → ………………………………………………….. 10. Miss Young said, “I must talk to Professor Reed”. → ………………………………………………….. 11. Alice said, “I should visit my aunt and uncle”. → ………………………………………………….. 12. Jim said, “I am sleepy”. → ………………………………………………….. 13. They said, “We had lunch in Lug’s restaurant”. → ………………………………………………….. 14. Susan said, “I’m washing the car”. → ………………………………………………….. 15. The little boy said, “I feel ill”. → …………………………………………………..
EXERCISE 3: Change these statements into reported speech. 1. She said, “I’ll see you tomorrow”. → ………………………………… 2. He said, “I saw her yesterday”. → ………………………………… 3. She said, “I don’t like this film”. → ………………………………… 4. Tom said, “I went swimming today”. → ………………………………… 5. He said, “I met her about 3 months ago”. → ………………………………… 6. She said, “Peter and Sure are getting married tomorrow”. → ………………………………… 7. He said, “I’m meeting them at 4 o’clock today”. → ………………………………… 8. I said, “Mary really likes this furniture”. → ………………………………… 9. They said, “We’ll see her next summer”. → ………………………………… 10. He said, “I’ll see Mary on Sunday”. → ………………………………… 11. He said, “They were here 3 months ago”. → ………………………………… 12. He said, “Stephen’s bringing some records to the party tonight”. → ………………………………… 13. They said, “We visited her this morning”. → ………………………………… 14. She said, “My parents are arriving next week”. → ………………………………… 15. Marry said, “I have to go now”. → ………………………………… 16. She asked me, “Do you like Marlon Brando?” → ………………………………… 17. I said to him, “Are you a foreigner?” → ………………………………… 18. He asked her, “Have you met Danny yet?” → ………………………………… 19. He asked me, “Did you borrow my dictionary?” → ………………………………… 20. They said to me, “Does your father work here?” → …………………………………
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